Ãva Heyman, aged 13, in Hungary a few months before she was murdered in a gas chamber, 1944. The young diarist Ãva Heyman grew up in a secular middle-class family in the town of NagyvÃ¡rad, which belonged to Hungary at the time Ãva wrote. Before World War I, NagyvÃ¡rad was the biggest city in eastern Hungary.
Selma Mansion. Selma Mansion is one of the oldest and most historic structures in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Located on the western edge of the town, Selma was built by General Andrew Porter in 1794 around an existing structure purchased from Alexander McCammon in 1786. Porter was a soldier during the American Revolutionary War and helped found the Continental Marines, forerunner of the U.S. Marine Corps.
By the 1920âs, Selma and the White family were known to throw the best parties and the grandest of balls in its Great Hall. The property boasted 1,400 beautifully manicured acres and was regularly featured in the society pages of newspapers and magazines.